Template:Improve documentation
 | This template's documentation is missing, inadequate, or does not accurately describe its functionality or the parameters in its code. Please help to expand and improve it. |
 | This template is used on approximately 3,800 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
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Usage
For use on template/module documentation pages whose content is missing, insufficient, incomplete and/or inaccurate.
- If the template already has a documentation subpage, place this template in that subpage before the first heading. Example:
{{Documentation subpage}}{{Improve documentation|date=August 2025}}==Usage==
- If the template does not have a documentation subpage, place this template at the end of the main template code, wrapped in
<noinclude>...</noinclude>tags. Example:... main template code ...
}}<noinclude>{{No documentation|date=August 2025}}</noinclude>
The template adds pages to Category:Templates with missing or incorrect documentation.
TemplateData
Tags templates with inadequate or nonexistent documentation.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Has details on talk page | talk 1 | Shows "See the talk page for details" if a value is supplied | Boolean | optional |
| Date | date | Date tagged
| String | optional |
| Reason | reason | Displays in the message text, prefaced with "Reason:...", to indicate what needs improving.
| String | optional |
Redirects
- {{No documentation}} - the same message is given whether the documentation is inadequate or nonexistent
See also
- {{Documentation}}
- Wikipedia:Template documentation
- {{Ombox}} the template transcluded into this one. It provides the basic framework.